Frontier Begins Chicago ORD-PWM May 16th. 3x Weekly. I missed hearing about that seasonal addition until today. I knew about their other seasonal flights being offered this year. https://thepointsguy.com/news/frontier-airlines-cuts-routes-harrisburg-los-cabos/?fbclid=IwAR3egLU6MTrCiB_f4vUnLVsOokYBBZ...
Jump to postJust noticed Southwest flying PWM-MCO yesterday. Assumed it was a ferry flight, but checked their website and looks like they’re flying Non-stops on weekends. I know they’ve done this seasonally in the past, but I hadn’t heard about this flight operating for 2024 season. It’s been a few years since...
Jump to postJust noticed Southwest flying PWM-MCO yesterday. Assumed it was a ferry flight, but checked their website and looks like they’re flying Non-stops on weekends. I know they’ve done this seasonally in the past, but I hadn’t heard about this flight operating for 2024 season. It’s been a few years since ...
Jump to postNW from BOS-MEM in 1993. I was a young enthusiast, just turned 13 and thought it was a shortened/modified 757
Jump to postPortlander wrote:JetBlue would be my choice but I'm humored at the need for a new $6.5 million terminal for one flight a day at 6AM?
Just came across this this morning, and found it interesting, . Apparently JetBlue is applying for the EAS contract for Presque Isle, Maine-PQI for year round service to Boston and possibly New York with A220. Bidding against Boutique Air, United, and American. https://airlinegeeks.com/2024/02/22/je...
Jump to postJSX announced plans to start HPN-PWM on June 22nd.
https://www.wmtw.com/article/charter-ai ... e/43792043
chrisnh wrote:Is PWM likely to suffer the same fate as PVD with respect to Frontier?
The passengers would have been a lot better-off with a diversion to BOS since the train up to Portland is $30. If F9 isn't stringing them along with a promise of getting to Portland by air, there's probably enough time to get up to Boston to catch the train. Then you have to Uber,taxi or get a shut...
Jump to postTheres been about four diversions today headed towards Portland. One to ALB. 1 or 2 to BOS, One to MHT at noon and that one still hasn't left for PWM.
ceilings have improved only moderately. We’ll have to see how tonight late night bank goes!
The runway construction project and subsequent closure of 11/29 has been causing all sorts of headaches up there. There isn't an ILS for 18/36, so when conditions get how they are today, things go downhill in a hurry. I had a flight to PWM cancel a couple weeks ago because we couldn't legally depar...
Jump to postI’m here at PWM watching operations on the secondary runway today, as the main runway is being reconstructed this month and all operations are using the shorter runway with no ILS. Only RNAV. Invisibility is very poor today and there is no ILS in service at the moment. Or any approach lighting on th...
Jump to postFor the spotters in the group, just a reminder that PWM’s primary runway is closed for another six weeks. All traffic has been using secondary RWY 18/36. Just had my first landing on a full-size 737 on RWY 36 the other day. First time in 42 years of flying out of PWM that I’ve landed on that runaway...
Jump to postpwm2txlhopper wrote:Jump to postShortest mainline was in 1998 on a United 727 from PWM to MHT and then continuing to ORD. PWM-MHT 70 miles.
Also used to fly mainline Delta 727s and 757s on BOS-PWM at 90 miles.
Longest regional was PWM-ATL on CRJ7. About 1000 miles
Shortest mainline was in 1998 on a United 727 from PWM to MHT and then continuing to ORD. PWM-MHT 70 miles.
Also used to fly mainline Delta 727s and 757s on BOS-PWM at 90 miles.
longest regional was PWM-ATL on CRJ9. About 1000 miles
Auburn-Lewiston, Maine - LEW Location of the 1985 Bar Harbor crash that killed Samantha Smith. American child actresss who was invited to the Soviet Union as his guest by the then President after she wrote him a letter express her concerns about nuclear war in 1983. LEW was served by Bar Harbor, lat...
Jump to postDo United 737-900s or MAX still have Channel 9? I rarely fly United, but chose them for a flight on IAD-LAS this upcoming week because the times were better than my preferred carrier. Last time I flew United, about six years ago, it was still offered at captains discretion on the fleet that weren’t ...
Jump to postYou’re probably the one to ask: Why the “W” in Portland’s three-letter code? Is there a local reason for it? As somebody else mentioed, the “W” stands for Westbrook, which is the next town over from Portland. When the airport was originally built back in the 1920s or 30s it was known as the Portlan...
Jump to postThis far ahead, I would.presume carriers have the opportunity to adjust their equipment choices for that period or plan on reduced weight. SNA and EYW weather is a bit different than coastal Maine at that time of year to their benefit. It’s not about equipment. Even FedEx A300s have used 18/36. If ...
Jump to postPWM’s primary runway will be closed for two months this spring. Should be interesting watching all commercial flights use the secondary runway. The secondary is occasionally used when the winds are strong north /south, but it’s not particularly often. There is no ILs for the secondary. Only RNAV app...
Jump to postI started traveling to Europe in 1998 and got use to the old currencies. Bought with US dollars. I remember when the Euro started being actively used in 2002 prices went up in countries that use to be cheaper. (Especially when using US dollars to buy Euros) Countries like Spain and Germany became mo...
Jump to postWhen UA began flying to BTV, MHT and BGR, they did the flights with a stop in SYR. I recall seeing signs at the SYR UA counter and gate promoting special fares SYR-BGR. I like to think of myself an expert on PWM history 1980-present and, I’ve never heard of the ORD-SYR-PWM flight. Only ORD-BTV-PWM ...
Jump to postWhen UA began flying to BTV, MHT and BGR, they did the flights with a stop in SYR. I recall seeing signs at the SYR UA counter and gate promoting special fares SYR-BGR. I like to think of myself an expert on PWM history 1980-present and, I’ve never heard of the ORD-SYR-PWM flight. Only ORD-BTV-PWM ...
Jump to postUSair also flew numerous daily DC-9, MD-80, 737-200/300/400, Fokker 100 on PWM to PIT, PHL, and even BOS and DCA for a short time. Northwest arrived in 1999 with service to DTW on DC-9. TW also arrived that year with one flight a day on MD-80. PWM-BDL-STL in morning. Reverse late at night. United al...
Jump to postPeople probably dont recall but UA was flying 757s on MHT-ORD through 2007. I flew a DL 73G on ATL-BTV in July 2019 and it was packed. It was such a crazy landing on that plane, so happy I did it. Ok, you got us interested: What was crazy about the landing? I think you’ll find that a lot of posters...
Jump to postIs AA still flying MIA-PWM? Last winter it was seasonal, Saturday only. Then It was announced last March it was going year round starting last June. However, I haven’t seen any MIA-PWM flights recently and don’t see them on AA website doing flight searches. Frontier meanwhile is asking $120-200 one-...
Jump to postI have lost track of the number of times DL has jumped on JFK-ARN the last 30 years only to drop it in time. Yes, I flew JFK-ARN on the 767-300ER, to connect with SAS to OSL, in July 2000. I have a giant wall sized route network map published by Delta in 1993 and it also shows JFK-ARN. It might hav...
Jump to postCongrats to STL and LH....it’s not a congested airport, people will be able to make easy connections from Southwest coming from the west and Texas. DAL-STL-FRA and beyond....I flew dBritish Caledonian once DFW-STL-LGW....It was the only time I got to see Air 1 727-100&200’s If any pax connect W...
Jump to postI have lost track of the number of times DL has jumped on JFK-ARN the last 30 years only to drop it in time. Yes, I flew JFK-ARN on the 767-300ER, to connect with SAS to OSL in July 2000. I have a giant wall sized route network map published by Delta in 1993 and it also shows JFK-ARN. It might have...
Jump to postI have lost track of the number of times DL has jumped on JFK-ARN the last 30 years only to drop it in time. Yes, I flew JFK-ARN on the 767-300ER, to connect with SAS to OSL, in July 2000. I have a giant wall sized route network map published by Delta in 1993 and it also shows JFK-ARN. It might hav...
Jump to postOff the top of my head I can think of Boeing and Anheuser-Busch/InBev SA/NV with operations in St. Louis. Anheuser was purchased by InBeV, ( which is based in Leuven, Belgium) maybe ten years ago. InBev also has regional headquarters in Bremen, Germany and London among other places. Cut and pasted, ...
Jump to postNever got to fly them, as they weren’t too big in New England when I was growing up. One of the few major American legacy airlines I never flew on. However, one of my earliest memories goes back to around 1983 or 1984. My uncle was traveling to Paris on business from TUL and he took several of my ol...
Jump to postSince the diversion wasn't a "land immediately at the nearest suitable airport" situation, I'm guessing it had to do with something ETOPS related. Some equipment probably failed that wouldn't allow for a legal ETOP flight, so off to BOS. There were so far north, they could have just flown...
Jump to postThanks for the info.. Quite impressive they could unload and reload passengers and cargo and be back in the air the in 50 minutes. Especially considering it was midnight. There aren’t a lot of fish shipped from Denver. I’m sure there’s eastbound cargo to points in Europe. Whatever anybody wants to ...
Jump to postThanks for the info.. Quite impressive they could unload and reload passengers and cargo and be back in the air the in 50 minutes. Especially considering it was midnight.
Jump to postWas curious if anybody knew the reason for the diversion last night, Sunday, of Icelandair 670, DEN-KEF? Diverted to BOS, way up around Hudson Bay Canada around midnight. A long way. Probably 1000 miles from Boston. Was on the ground less than one hour and then departed to KEF. Can’t imagine it was ...
Jump to postGreat movie. Love the scene at STL when he’s trying to rent a car, swearing and using profanities, primary a rant of F words, and the previously chipper clerk let’s him know he’s “fucked”. And there no car. That seen alone earned the movie an R rating for the string of F bombs. In recent years I’ve ...
Jump to postOslo Fornebu FBU, weeks before it closed and OSL opened in 1998.
And Berlin TXL many times.
Actually, LGA is not one of the top destinations out of PWM and failed to make the top ten from July 2020-July 2021. Newark (8) was the only NYC area airport to make the list, Baltimore, Charlotte, Chicago were the top three with Atlanta coming in at seven which surprised me. Are you counting the C...
Jump to postApparently, iit looks like AA has announced its cutting LGA-PWM and BGR in their announcement they were cutting 27 routes. Was kind of surprised at this as LGA is one of the tops destinations out of PWM. I seem to recall when it was still USairways, they also cut LGA-PWM before brining it back. Why ...
Jump to postThe DC-10s did a lot of Asia and Atlantic flying. Keep in mind, there was a lot more tech stops and not as big of a network back in the day as there is now. Would like to know when the DC-10’s were essentially limited to Domestic services for the most part? Or at least to short routes within a few ...
Jump to postPrior to the introduction of the MD-11 to the fleet, I’d like to know what FedEx was flying on long international routes, say mid-late 1980s and early 1990s? Was the DC-10-30 their primary long range fleet during this time? Or was the A300 also used? (I don’t know when the A300 arrived in their flee...
Jump to postYou can reserve “day rooms” at a reduced rate at most hotels. I’ve done so dozens of times in cases just like this one or when having a long day wait. Specify it’s a day room you’re looking for, not a normal overnight stay. Nothing like a shower, light bite to eat and 2-hour nap. I’ve done this in ...
Jump to postFor those saying get a hotel room, keep in mind most hotels don’t allow you to check-in until 3 or 4pm. So, If you wanted to stay for a 6-7 hour stay and were arriving late morning, you’d probably have to pay for two nights as checkout its usually 11am for the previous night, with no check in for th...
Jump to postJetBlue and Spirit (in my recent experience): "Your call is important to us ... Due to high call volume, your estimated wait time is 395 minutes". Classy, right? Not any worse then Southwests, “We’re sorry. Nothing we can do” when you trust them to get you somewhere within a reasonable am...
Jump to postCompared to a couple weeks ago when Southwest cancelled on me and said there were no flights for the next four days, even from other airports up to 300 miles away, and then just said “sorry, nothing we can do” five hours doesn’t sound bad! It was an 8-10 hour wait to contact Southwest Reservations r...
Jump to postJust got home from a trip where I had to buy new tickets last minute on DL for $2000 for two people when our original Southwest tickets were $180 each. We showed up at the airport on Monday 10/11 at 4am only to learn our PWM-BWI flight was cancelled and it was going to be five days before Southwest ...
Jump to postU.S. DOT rules allow you to get a refund for any carrier-cancelled flight - for any reason. I don't see 'em paying for your DL tickets under any circumstances. If they had interline agreements maybe they could have booked you over to DL, even with the change of origin. Lack of interlines, and, for ...
Jump to postI hope you write a letter of complaint to the DOT. They need to know what we passengers are going through. Sometime I think I’m just wasting my time trying to even to explain my plight to SWA. I know I’m just one of thousands impacted and not ignorant enough to think anybody at Southwest is truly s...
Jump to postBased on actual experience, that’s not true. I’ve used Irving branded gas in Maine and it clearly didn’t have the posted octane—lots of knocking under load. Next day, after returning from KPWM, near empty tank, Shell regular performed just fine, no knocking at all. My wife refuses to use Irving “cr...
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